氼

氼 U+6C3C, 氼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C3C
← 氻
[U+6C3B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 氽 →
[U+6C3D]

Translingual

Han character

氼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水人 (EO) or X水人 (XEO), composition ⿱水𠆢)

References
  • KangXi: page 603, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17099
  • Dae Jaweon: page 997, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1547, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6C3C

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 氼
alternative forms 沕
昧
味
沒／没

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 水 (“water”) + 人 (“man”).

Etymology 1

Attested in Lingwai Daida (1178) among local characters used in Guangxi: 「氼，音魅，言沒人在水下也。」

Related to Min Nan 沬 (bī), Min Dong 沬 (mê), Hakka 沕 (mi4), Xiang 沕 ([mei˨˩]) (note that they all have tone 陽去).

Pronunciation

Definitions

氼

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) to dive, to submerge

Compounds
  • 氼水
  • 氼鏡／氼镜

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 氼 – see 溺 (“to drown; to submerge; to indulge; to be addicted; etc.”).
(This character, 氼, is an ancient form of 溺.)
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